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cultivate v. foster the growth of
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cultivate v. [
crop, work] prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
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cultivate v. [
educate, school, train, civilize, civilise] teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
. wn #4
cultivate v. [
domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
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